St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-04
PRETTY MARY SYLVESTER,
Lou Murry's Victim Still Lying in a
Critical Condition. !.
PERITONITIS AND PLEURISY.
Public Sympathy Very Marked Further
Testimonials to the Girls Purity
of Character.

Mary Sylvester's condition was yes
terday reported to be somewhat i'm
proved, by DR.. Kilvington, her physi-I
clan. Signs of peritonitis have APP
peared and she is troubled with pleu-l
risy. Even should she recover, there is
danger that, as the result of the disloca-l
ton of her right hip, sheo may
be permanently lame. Public sympathy
and interest seems to increase Instead
of diminish. Offers of assistance came
pouring in, and the subscriptions al
ready amount to nearly $1,000. The
firemen and policemen are to play a
game of base ball for her benefit, and
Mayor Ames will be asked to umpire.
Yesterday it was announced that Leu
hurry, her aSSailant, had been taken from
the county Jail and placed in the st.
might be made to lynch him. There
were no indications, however, of any
organized attempt to attack the Jail,
and the deputy-sheriff and a number of
the city patrolmen, who were on guard.
were not called upon to defend
the prisoner. 1t was reported
during the day that strong party had
been organized to take Murry from the
Central station Friday night, where he
was supposed to be, but that the idea
was abandoned when it was learned
that he had been taken to the county
Jail. Another report was that force of
South Minneapolis and had provided
themselves with
A GATHERING RAM,
consisting of two iron rails, swung ON
chains. But little reliance can be placed
upon these rumOrS, and deputy-Sheriff
stated last night that hurry had not
been taken to st. Paul at all, but had
remained IN the Jail all night
Last night rumors of another attempt to
storm the jail were rife, and the police
and Jail officials were on the qui viYe.
but up to midnight all was quiet at the
jail. Fresh testimonials to Miss
SSylvester's purity of character
from persons knowing hel were
previously been said in regard to her
spotless reputation. The citizens of
Little Falls, where she was born and
raised, are very much excited over the
reports of the case in the newspapers,
and yesterday Milo POrrer, a stage
driver from that place, arrived in the
city, he having come at the request of
the citizens to see if anything
could be done in their behalf
to aid her. He says: ''Miss Sylvester's
family lived on farm about seven
miles from Little Falls. Her mother is
now living with her third husband,
Sylvester, who died seven or eight years
ago. The family are French. They
are poor, but they are hard-working,
thoroughly honest people, and are
greatly liked and respected in the neigh
bOrhood. l used to drive stage
past their house. Mary, when
a girl, often rode with me.
When the mother married the last
time, Mary, feeling herselfa burden,
got out to make own living. 4 She
worked at Little Falls, Brainerd, Motley
and elsewhere. She was always mod
est girl and there never was aught
to the sad story which has not been
mentioned. When Miss Sylvester
worked at the Lake View house, a
young attorney paid her some attention
in a strictly
HONORABLE AND PROPER
way, and it is said that her ambition to
attain more exalted position in life
was spurred by her regard for him 1t
will be remembered one of the witIfasses
said that when she was lying in the lit
tie court into which she had fallen that
she muFmuTeu Jne WORD Jimmy" his
was supposed at the time to apply to
Murry. Now it transpires that the
young lawyers name is Jimmy" and it
is thought that when almost unconscious
in her moment of pain and anguish she
unknOwingly spoke the name of the man
she loved. The indignation among the
fair sex against hurry exceeds even that
of the men, and Christian ladies have
been heard to hone that he
would be lynched. Even the
lawyer who had agreed to defend hurry
has withdrawn from the case, led to
this action by the appeals of his wife,
who could not bear to have her husband
defend a man guilty of such crime.
Mrs. Miller, the lady living in the block
adjoining Mrs. Sawyer'S hotel, writes
the GLOBE as follows:
This mornings issue of the Tribune pub.
lished a statement to the effect that ''came
in kind, neighborly manner to Mrs Saw
yer's rescue the lady who figures so con-
spicuously in the Sylvester-Murry case
wish to say to the public that this is not true
and | do not think that my manner or con-
yersation would lead their reporters to mis-
construe my meaning. l simply said l did
not hear any cutlery, which is true. should
like to talk with u gentleman who under
stands the English language well enough to
publish a correct statement. Respectfully,
Mrs. MILLER.
OY1rs Mon of tho EJ,1trpo